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Opinion: What the Great Migration can teach us about the coming mass migration to Chicago

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ChicagoGlobal by Coauthors

Americans fleeing climate-change driven droughts, fires and floods will exceed the Great Migration. Better policies will produce a stronger and healthier city.

A strong wave hits along the shore of Lake Michigan
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Global Cities

Beyond Michael Jordan: Translating Chicago for international businesses

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ChicagoGlobal by AJ Caughey

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.

Siemens headquarters in Munich, Germany
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Kissinger's Failures Mirrored Those of His Realpolitik Heroes

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Kissinger’s approach to foreign policy led him to advocate for policies whose moral grounding was at best dubious, Paul Poast argues.

Henry Kissinger testifies during his confirmation hearings
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US Foreign Policy

Fighting in South Gaza, Ukraine Aid, Growth of A.I.

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ryan Heath and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Second City's NYC foray underscores the power of one of Chicago's key exports: comedy

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ChicagoGlobal by Ally Marotti

Exporting comedy, though, is not without its risks.

Clockwise from top left: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Chris Farley
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Biden's Meeting with Xi Set a Very Low Bar for US-China Relations

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"If there’s one thing the two sides agree on, it’s that they disagree on some fundamental issues," Paul Poast writes.

President Joe Biden and China's President President Xi Jinping walk in the gardens
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Meet two of the lawyers on the front lines of Chicago's migrant crisis

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ChicagoGlobal by H. Lee Murphy

Beyond government and nonprofit workers, an army of legal experts has stepped in on a pro bono basis to help newly arrived asylum seekers get their bearings here in Chicago. Crain's brings you closer to two of them.

Asylum-seekers are served food within a small tent community outside a North Side police station.
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Latest on Israel-Hamas War, Ukraine Stalemate, COP28

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Nirmal Ghosh, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Plurality of Americans Say US Should Be Neutral Mediator in Israel-Hamas War

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As the humanitarian toll in Gaza continues to climb and fears of a wider war grow, Americans are wary of direct military involvement in the conflict.

Israel's President Isaac Herzog and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a meeting in Tel Aviv
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Hostage Negotiators Face New Obstacles

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Ivo H. Daalder

"We should never forget that ultimately people are the ones who suffer in war, and they are now being helped at least a little bit," Ivo Daalder tells Kate Bolduan.

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